When it is recorded
Jan28
Feb61
Mar141
Apr139
May177
Jun1,495
Jul468
Aug695
Sep679
Oct316
Nov131
Dec58
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 134 | |
| 2 | Highland | Scotland | 106 | |
| 3 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 42 | |
| 4 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 29 | |
| 5 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 24 | |
| 6 | Sefton | England | 22 | |
| 7 | Plymouth | England | 21 | |
| 8 | Cornwall | England | 18 | |
| 9 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 16 | |
| 10 | Dorset | England | 15 | |
| 11 | Suffolk | England | 14 | |
| 12 | Shetland Islands | — | 13 | |
| 13 | Brighton and Hove | England | 10 | |
| 14 | Gwynedd | Wales | 8 | |
| 15 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 8 |
738 England1,599 Scotland238 Wales248 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 4,422
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 36
- Scientific name
- Ciona intestinalis
- Group
- Sea squirts
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 4,231
- Most recorded in
- Argyll and Bute, Highland
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Ascidiacea
- Order
- Phlebobranchia
- Family
- Cionidae
- Genus
- Ciona
- Name with authority
- Ciona intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Described
- 1767
- Contributing datasets
- 46
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2567701 · GBIF 2329622